CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - NASCAR did not have its finest weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where the follow-up to the Daytona 500 began with the theft of a race car and a parked SUV rolling into Denny Hamlin's motorhome.]]>

HAMPTON, Georgia - The No. 44 race car returned to its NASCAR shop in North Carolina on Saturday after it was recovered along a remote road in suburban Atlanta, apparently abandoned by the thieves who stole it from a hotel parking lot.]]>

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - International Speedway Corp. is developing a plan for the installation of additional SAFER barriers at Daytona and Talladega, and will review the safety standards at its other racetracks.]]>

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - Kyle Busch broke his right leg and left foot in a vicious hit Saturday into a concrete wall during the Xfinity Series race. He'll miss the Daytona 500 on Sunday and is out indefinitely.]]>

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - In hindsight, 2002 might have been an omen of how heartbreaking the Daytona 500 would be for Tony Stewart.]]>

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 18:26:36 -0500Dale Jr: Anniversary of dad's death no day for mourninghttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8f75c76a2c964a7ea2907245e4be962f/CAR--NASCAR-Daytona-Earnhardt-Anniversaryhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8f75c76a2c964a7ea2907245e4be962f/CAR--NASCAR-Daytona-Earnhardt-Anniversary

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - Dale Earnhardt Jr. recognized the anniversary of his father's death Wednesday and said it was not a day for mourning.]]>